Mystic Meggie

13/09/2024

I DON'T believe it! I've just been stalked! 😀

17/08/2024

I often have to explain, that when you are looking at fifteenth century architecture, you are looking at the good stuff. Cathedrals, castles and palaces, all magnificent examples of the skill of late medieval craftsmen and builders. And what about the rest, the crap. Well, that all fell down, or was pushed, hundreds of years ago, so you won't see it now. But there ae exceptiohs.

09/08/2024

Sod it. This was when I was on my way to pick Lesley up for the Pilgrimage. It wasn't a speed camera, it was the van, and I spotted it as I came off the A1 roundabout behind another car. I was hoping the other car had obscured my number plate until I braked. Obviously not. With any luck, I'll qualify for their Speed Awareness course. Otherwise it's £100 and three points, and another £100 on the insurance.

07/08/2024

I need to post my own view of the present chaos on our streets, but I can't get political in a Pagan group, so I'll get political here instead.

I feel that political commentators are ignoring "the elephant in the room", which is...

We have just had a general election. The fact that this resulted in a huge Labour victory obscures the fact that it was also a massive defeat for the Reform group, who, thanks to our first past the post election system, won a very small number of seats, but split the Tory vote, so Labour got far more seats than they could have hoped for, and the Lib Dems picked up quite a few as well.

So how were the right going to respond to that? Well, the way they always do, with mindless yobs on the streets chanting their slogans of hate. Just wait for an opportunity, but if one doesn't present itself, just make something up. They were going to do this anyway, what actually happened in Stockport had nothing to do with it.

And of course they are going to lose this battle as well, but in the meantime we are all being inconvenienced and worse. And my chief concern is that it is the stupid small fry that will do the gaol time while the ringleaders get away scot free. I'd like to see people like Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk of Twitter do some bird.

30/04/2024

Although this is a Pagan page, I feel we should keep an eye on what the other side is up to, and this is the latest development. The Rod of Iron Ministries (in the USA, of course) is preparing "prepping" for the second coming of Christ, and every member of the Church is expected to own, and carry, a Thompson AR-15 assault rifle, with plenty of ammo. Bible studies include weapons training. They are, of course, pro-Trump and anti-LGBT+. One redeeming factor, though, their robes are a very pretty shade of pink.

25/04/2024

I've just taken out a subscription to Ad-free YouTube, and leave it playing in the background while I get on with stuff. I knew all about John McLean and the march, I'd heard it several times before, but I could never find the good version because YouTube is full of crappy versions, and I didn't know the artists. Then I heard it playing and rushed to the screen to get the details before it moved on to something else.

John McLane was a communist, and leader of the Clydeside workers in the early 20th century. When World War 1 began in 1914 he was against it, and he arranged for many of the men to avoid the call up to the front. The government put up with it for a time, and then put him in prison. He was released as part of a general amnesty in 1918 and didn't return quietly, he marched at the head of thousands of shipyard workers, who had all gone on strike specially for the occasion, along the Broomielaw and into Glasgow City Centre. Press and photographers were all there.

This version is in proper marching time and very upbeat. Almost makes you want to be a Communist. Almost, but not quite.

Provided to YouTube by Threads Of SoundThe John McLean March · Tonight At NoonDown to the Devils℗ 1988 Lismor RecordingsReleased on: 1988-01-01Main Artist: ...

23/04/2024

Epic scam fails

It seems the DVLA are now sending out car tax reminders from their iPhone.

13/03/2024

The landlord of the Café under the Spire, home of Gateshead Moot, is installing parking meters.